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Published 5 March 2018 In her research, Maryam Nastar will look into cities representing the Asia regional climate change trend (in the East, Central and West), where both observed and predicted daytime temperature extremes are likely to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-maryam-nastar-resource-mobilisation-neighborhood-level- 2020-11-17

Published 5 March 2018 What causes social entrepreneurship to thrive in some places while not in others? What are some of the important factors in place to foster social entrepreneurship in rural areas? These are this a few of the…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness- 2020-11-17

City-to-city learning lab on nature/ecosystem-based planning and adaptation Project aims and approachThis project supports systematic city-to-city learning to foster so-called nature- or ecosystem-based planning, climate adaptation and…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/city-city-learning-lab- 2020-11-17

Published 12 March 2018 Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary- 2020-11-17

Published 8 March 2018 International Women’s Day: Director Emily Boyd reflects that discussions of gender equality are of special importance to a centre such as LUCSUS which conducts research on sustainability issues worldwide. Research is…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily- 2020-11-17

Urban Governance and Transformation Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management Energy Justice and Sustainability of Energy Systems Climate Change and Resilience Land Use Governance and Development Key research areas and projects at…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes-and-key-research-areas- 2025-01-21

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies in collaboration with Skissernas museum, April 27 The negative effects of climate change is now impossible to ignore. Researchers the world over publish daily reports detailing the…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/arts-meet-science- 2020-11-17

Published 20 March 2018 Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson in discussion with researcher colleagues in Uganda. Research on land and sustainable agriculture is at the core of LUCSUS’ work as a centre. In this interview, Wim Carton highlights…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and- 2020-11-17

Published 4 April 2018 LUCSUS' Director Emily Boyd and Professor Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, argue in an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter that climate change is not the only reason for floods in Sweden. The opinion…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-opinion-piece-about-water-dagens-nyheter- 2020-11-17

Published 4 April 2018 Bigert & Bergström, Reverse Osmosis Plant, 2013. Foto: Jean-Baptiste Beranger © Bigert & Bergström. LUCSUS, in collaboration with Skissernas Museum, is organising the event Arts Meet Science, 27th April, during Lund…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/art-can-evoke-interplay-between-analytic-thinking-facts-about-what-we-know-and-toward-where-we- 2020-11-17

Published 10 April 2018 Kimberly Nicholas and former LUMES student Seth Wynes' article on the four most effective personal lifestyle choices to reduce your carbon footprint has received the prestigous prize 'Best Article of 2017' from the…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-lumes-research-wins-environmental-research-letters-best-article-2017- 2020-11-17

Published 24 April 2018 A village in the East of Sri Lanka that was spared the worst of the Asian Tsunami through protection by coastal forest. Such 'green infrastructure' is increasingly being recognised as a more sustainable alternative…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups- 2020-11-17

Published 4 May 2018 Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture - both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to LUCSUS researcher Ellinor Isgren. This agricultural model preserves…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa- 2020-11-17

Published 15 May 2018 Bigert & Bergström, “Reverse Osmosis Plant”, 2013 © Bigert & Bergström. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Beranger Student journalist Lina Lockean join Director Emily Boyd in a reflection on the recent event Arts Meet Science - a…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/festive-reflections-arts-meet-science- 2020-11-17

Published 17 May 2018 LUCSUS researchers Emily Boyd and Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, recently co-authored an opinion piece on water in Dagens Nyheter. This sparked a number of reactions, not least from the Swedish…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-opinion-piece-dagens-nyheter-leads-panel-debate-almedalen-2018- 2020-11-17

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 24 May 2018 What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing,…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems- 2020-11-17

Published 25 May 2018 In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania- 2020-11-17

Published 4 June 2018 Wine connoisseur with a taste for Pinot noir? You probably need to rethink your position. Wines made from the most popular grapes could disappear because of climate change, according to LUCSUS researcher Kimberly…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-change-uncertain-future-favourite-wines- 2020-11-17

Published 7 June 2018 Photo: Genesis Tambang Yengoh. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. Instead, we must…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term- 2020-11-17

Project leaderChristine Wamsler, Professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)Project summaryWide-spread impacts and losses from hazards, such as floods, heat waves, drought, earthquakes and landslides, and an…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/developing-national-and-local-risk-reduction-and-resilience-strategies- 2020-11-17